Citrix XenDesktop Essentials Service, a new Citrix Cloud service designed exclusively for the Azure Marketplace, simplifies Windows 10 migration, deployment and ongoing management at scale, while delivering a rich user experience via Microsoft Azure. XenDesktop Essentials enables customers who have licensed Windows 10 Enterprise Current Branch for Business on a per-user basis the option to deliver a high-performance Windows 10 virtual desktop experience from Azure with the power of XenDesktop.

Citrix XenApp Essentials Service, a new Citrix Cloud service, combines the simplicity of Microsoft Azure RemoteApp with the enterprise security and scale of XenApp. Microsoft and Citrix, as part of our broad partnership, developed the next generation of the Azure RemoteApp service. The new XenApp Essentials builds upon Microsoft’s vision of Azure RemoteApp by tapping industry-leading XenApp technology to provide additional management, user experience, and security features.

When deployed on Microsoft Azure, XenApp and XenDesktop give IT departments the flexibility of delivering Enterprise-class VDI infrastructure services for Windows applications and desktops with the benefits of cloud elasticity. The Azure platform enables IT to expand and contract computing resources on-demand. This elasticity simplifies management and reduces costs as customers only pay for what they use.

You can now try a fully functional XenApp environment in Azure and deliver virtual apps to any user, on any device, anywhere. This VDI solution brings you all the benefits of a traditional Citrix application delivery solution combined with the simplified deployment and lower cost associated with utilization of the Microsoft Azure cloud services.

Organizations rely on Microsoft cloud services for a broad array of business applications, from inventory and customer relations to collaborative work tools. Citrix NetScaler is the perfect delivery solution for your Microsoft applications.

Secure and optimize apps and assets in Azure

Citrix NetScaler on Microsoft Azure is an L4-L7 virtual networking appliance that ensures organizations have access to secure and optimized applications and assets deployed in the cloud. Citrix NetScaler on Azure provides a cloud native proxy solution for all cloud hosted applications. NetScaler on Azure is available today with pay-as-you-go licensing through the Azure Marketplace or leveraging perpetual licenses using Bring Your Own License (BYOL).

Improve SharePoint response times up to 80%

NetScaler has been validated to enhance the user experience with these applications, whether they are accessed locally or across the globe. NetScaler provides compression, caching, load balancing and SSL acceleration to improve SharePoint response times by over 80 percent. With a 150-fold reduction in client-to-server connections, data center expenses are dramatically reduced.

Citrix Cloud delivered on Microsoft Azure is the latest example of our collaboration with Citrix, which has always been centered on innovation and the success of our mutual customers and partners. Together, we defined the virtual desktop category and now we are collaborating on new Citrix services on Azure, which will do the same for the cloud.